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A young man blocks out harmful memories of significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life. Full summary » | Full synopsis »

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During one of Evan's "flashback" scenes, he can be heard reading part of Ray Bradbury s short story "A Sound of Thunder". In this story, a group of people travel millions of years into the past to hunt dinosaurs. One of them accidentally steps on and kills a butterfly, which dramatically alters the future.See more »

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Continuity: When Evan's mother takes him to the psychiatrist to be hypnotized (after the mailbox incident) the blood on his face changes many times between shots.See more »

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[first lines] [reading aloud as he writes a note] Evan:If anyone finds this, it means my plan didn't work and I'm already dead. But if I can somehow go back to the beginning of all of this, I might be able to save her.See more »

I saw this intriguing film last night & was quite amaze at how much I
enjoyed it.

The lead actor Ashton Kutcher, has made a name or himself on a
Television show & a few films in comedic roles.

In THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, he gives a superb dramatic turn, I can foresee
a big future for this young actor. Very few actors have excelled in
both comedies & dramas. To name only 2, GLENN FORD & JACK LEMMON.

The female lead is played by Amy Smart, this is a multi part
performance & she too is excellent. I have heard her name but cant
place her in any film, Mark my word,We will see much more of her,

The rest of the cast are actors I did not recognize excerpt fort Eric
Stolz, who plays Amy's father, The all are excellent.

The entire production is first rate all the way through.

This is a very complicated story of imagination, some real events &
pure fantasy.

The last film of this type that impressed me this much was DONNIE
DARKO. In fact both films would make a fantastic double bill,BUT it
would be hard to sleep the night you saw both.

Like Donnie Darko, this is psychedelic fantasy, science fiction,horror
story. This type film is rare & very hard to succeed.

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